2-DIMENSIONAL AND FULL POLARIMETRIC IMAGING BY A SYNTHETIC-APERTURE FM-CW RADAR

被引:14
作者
YAMAGUCHI, Y [1 ]
NISHIKAWA, T [1 ]
SENGOKU, M [1 ]
BOERNER, WM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI,CHICAGO,IL 60607
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING | 1995年 / 33卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1109/36.377942
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
This paper applies the principle of radar polarimetry to a synthetic aperture frequency-modulated continuous wave (FM-CW) radar and presents results based on two-dimensional (2-D) full polarimetric imaging. It is shown that the polarimetric target reflection coefficients obtained by the synthetic aperture PM-CW radar are elements of a Sinclair scattering matrix, although the coefficients are derived from a wide band signal. Using the scattering matrix optimization procedure, a 2-D polarimetric imaging experiment (including Co-Pol maximum, minimum, span, and phase imaging) of an orthogonally placed linear target set was successfully carried out in the laboratory. This result demonstrates the validity of X-band (8.2-9.2 GHz) FM-CW radar polarimetry, and it presents a demonstration of a full polarimetric 2-D PM-CW imaging radar system.
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页码:421 / 427
页数:7
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